AfterCapture is a magazine that is freely distributed to commercial photographers. This tends to generate an ad-centric magazine, and I frequently question the merit of their equipment/software reviews, but greatly enjoy the articles on other photographers, the educational material, and the lessons in advertising (marketing material directed at ( Read more... )

I haven’t thought about the term Satisficing since my days as a programming major at Carnegie Mellon, but the topic came up again and I realized that I lean towards a satisficing strategy most of the time.

In a nutshell: Satisficers are content to make less than optimal decisions, on the theory that most of the time any decision will be good ( Read more... )

The kind people at uCertify have put up a link to my review of their Photoshop ACE Prep kit, and are offering a 10% discount to my readers on the uCertify PrepKit of their choice.

If you’re interested in checking them out, please use the following Discount code: “AKUMAR”

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I just found the most amazing little chunk of code on my Mac. If you have a Mac it’s probably already on your system. It’s called Art Directors Toolkit.

From the Help description:

Art Directors Toolkit (ADT) is a time-saving tool that helps designers get the information they’re looking for quickly. ADT has evolved with the direction of designers ( Read more... )

Edit: They called me back, see below for the end of the story.

I just went several rounds with the folks at Precision Imaging, over the roll of Kodak Ektachrome 64T EPY that I finally sent in from my trip to France over the summer. While the conversation was frustrating, I noticed that the conversation required a fairly deep knowledge of things ( Read more... )

Here’s a useful article from the Chicago Artists Resource website on brand identity, a popular trend in freelance and artistic marketplaces. Although the article is focused on dance troupes, it can easily be expanded to other businesses.

Defining Your Brand Identity: What business are you in? | Chicago Artists Resource

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Two particular resources which I keep reminding myself to check out more thoroughly are the oft-discussed Inkjet Mall and Inkjet Art websites (unrelated) which offer a wide variety of papers, inks, and related material.

Inkjet Mall, for example, offers workshops, DVDs and books on high-end digital printing, as well as very reasonably priced Custom ( Read more... )

These guys explain the difference between the various rendering intents far better than I ever could.

Color Management: Color Space Conversion

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ISO Paper Sizes, and why.

Some of the things you need to learn as a photographer is kind of wierd. For instance, 8×10 photo paper is most common because it’s a multiple of the 4×5 large format film, even 35mm, which sports roughly a 2:3 ratio, is the common photographic medium. Digital images are neither 4×5 or 2:3, but are usually printed on Legal ( Read more... )